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DARCHINYAN, CATUBAY MAKE WEIGHT!
Both Vic Darchinyan and Filipino Federico Catubay easily made weight at the official weigh-in held moments ago in Sydney, Australia in advance of their IBO world title bout tomorrow. Darchinyan came in…
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DONAIRE ARRIVES ON MONDAY
The father and trainer of Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire, Nonito Donaire Sr says the IBF/IBO flyweight champion is arriving in Manila on Monday aboard a Philippine Airlines flight from Los Angeles…
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Put The Breaks On Manny Pacquiao?s Boxing Confidential
If you have ever listened to ?The Jungle,? Jim Rome?s nationally syndicated and highly opinionated AM sports radio show, you are familiar with the word ?moratorium.? Back in the mid-1990s Rome would…
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PACQUIAO IN ?DEEP TROUBLE? WITH DIAZ!
FIERY FILIPINO HAS BITTEN OFF TOO MUCH San Francisco, CA- The last tine I wrote that Manny Pacquiao would be beaten by Erik Morales ?10 out of 10? times, admittedly I was…
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Juan Diaz – He Speaks Softly and Carries a Big Stick
As HBO was replaying the rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Marco Antonio Barrera this past Saturday night, they cut away into Juan Diaz's locker room before his lightweight unification bout against Julio…
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Politically Astue Promoter Bob Arum Sees Manny Pacquiao-Edwin Valero As Lethal Landmine!
Bob Arum knows a political landmine when he sees one. As a young lawyer, fresh out of Harvard Law School, he was smart enough to become a ?Kennedy Democrat? when John was…
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How Great is Manny Pacquiao?
According to most Filipinos, Manny Pacquiao is the greatest 130lber to have ever lived. (However, in the eyes of his fiercely proud countrymen, he is also the greatest fighter, Filipino, Asian, and…
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SCHAEFER SAYS PACQUIAO GOT A FAIR DEAL
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer says Filipino ring idol Manny Pacquiao got ?a substantial amount and a fair deal? for his rematch with Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera in Las Vegas…
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Manny has say on next fight ? Arum
Manny Pacquiao, and not anyone else outside of his team, will make the decision on whoever he wants to fight next ? whenever, wherever. Top Rank president and Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum…
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MARGARITO, CASAMAYOR, ORTIZ IN COTTO-MOSLEY UNDERCARD
NEW YORK, NY -- Boasting a combined record of 156 victories - 109 by knockout - against just 23 losses, the three-bout pay-per-view undercard for 'Fast & Furious!' promises to live up…
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My True Confession: Why Pacquiao’s New Ring Walk Music Will Be When Saints Go Marching In!
Bless me, Father, it has been about a year and a half since my last Confession. Padre, since some of my Boxingconfidential.com readers accuse me of being a Manny Pacquaio hugger and…
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Jaca faces Migayi again in November
THE much-awaited rematch between WBO Asia-Pacific super featherweight champion Jimrex Jaca and Japanese power puncher Ryu Migayi will be the main attraction of the WBC 45th Annual Convention which will be held…
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Pacquiao named tourism ambassador of Saranggani
PRESIDENT Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo on Thursday appointed People's Champ Manny Pacquiao as the new tourism ambassador of Sarangani. Arroyo made the announcement when she introduced Pacquiao as the "tourism ambassador of Sarangani" during…
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A BEER, A DATE, A BET, AND THE ?AMERICAN? GAME OF POOL
Angeles City, Philippines (Special to PhilBoxing.com) -- Last year?s World Pool Championship final in Manila featured two players, Ralf Souquet and Ronnie Alcano, who, on the surface, appeared to have little in…
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PACQUIAO AND WBC CONFAB PLACE RP ON TOP OF THE BOXING WORLD
Boxing and tourism is a good mix. The 45th World Boxing Council (WBC) Annual Convention which will be held at the historic Manila Hotel on November 11-17, 2007 will attract around 700…
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Joel Casamayor: “I want Pacquiao next!”
FightFan.com caught up with "El Cepillo" Joel Casamayor and the 135-pound Ring champion was not short on words. Read as Casamayor calls out Manny Pacquiao, Juan Diaz, and puts the boxing world…
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BC Top 5 Reasons Why Pacquiao vs. Marquez II Makes Sense? And Diaz vs. Pacquiao Does Not
Distance and time, the main ingredients in reaching a point of clarity when contemplating emotionally charged issues. Four days after lightweight Juan Diaz starched Julio Diaz with an accumulated flurry of punches…
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WBC CONVENTION BOXING LINE-UP FINALIZED
The final cast of the boxing event to be held in conjunction with the WBC 45th Annual Convention has been finalized, with no less than ten bouts being put up by Manny…
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Pacquiao-Marquez fight negotiations under way
REPORTS FROM Mexico reveal that initial negotiations have started in relation to the much-awaited rematch between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez. The Spanish-language sports daily Esto said that Marquez?s promotional outfit…
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LUNAS TO DEFEND OPBF CROWN ON JAN. 27
Japan-based Filipino Rolly (Lunas) Matsushita, the reigning OPBF bantamweight champion, will defend his title once again on January 27 against Thailand's Kaona Klongpajol at the Ishikawa Sangyo Hall in Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan.…
